Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with their jobs, The Conference Board reports today. The decline in job satisfaction has occurred over a period of two decades, with little to suggest a significant reversal in attitudes anytime soon.
Companies in the pharmaceutical, hardware, and software industries are particularly susceptible to negative fallout from delayed launches because their products tend to be much more highly anticipated than, say, a new brand of soda, according to a new study.
Entrepreneurs are just as sensitive to uncertainty as anyone and may even be more risk-averse than others. But they do have an overdeveloped sense of confidence that convinces them can beat the odds, according to a business professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
A study of nearly 500 city and county governments demonstrates that private sector contracting results in lower full-time public employment and higher numbers of part-time government workers.
While research has long shown that firms benefit from having political connections, a new study shows that their shareholders are better off, too---to the tune of $154 million per year per firm.
Total corporate contributions in the U.S. and abroad (among 211 corporations and foundations) amounted to $9.8 billion in 2005, The Conference Board reports today in its annual survey of corporate giving to worthy causes.
While the U.S. economy is rolling through a soft patch "“ mainly because of a market correction in housing, weaker than expected consumer spending, and a long-overdue slowdown in manufacturing activity "“ stronger growth is ahead in 2007, according to an analysis released today by The Conference Board, the global research and business membership organization.
John Morgan, a professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, finds that some eBay users are buying and selling feedback on the Internet auction site to boost their reputations.
The Chief Executives' Confidence Measure, which had fallen to 44 in the third quarter of 2006, improved to 50 in the final quarter of 2006, The Conference Board reports in its latest survey of CEOs. A reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses. The survey includes about 100 business leaders in a wide range of industries.
Should you try for a promotion and the coveted corner office? You might want to check your testosterone level first. A recent study finds that when people with low testosterone levels are put into high-status positions, they show motivation to return to a low-status position.
In December there were 3,344,600 online advertised vacancies, a rise of 17 percent from last December, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Seriesâ„¢ released today. While this number is up from last year, it was down by 366,700, or 10 percent from the November level, mostly due to a downward seasonal pattern which began with the Thanksgiving holiday.
In the hotel business, 60 percent of frontline workers and 25 percent of managers leave their jobs each year, costing employers a bundle, says a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.
New research explains how movie theaters may increase profits by moving away from uniform pricing to variable pricing.
Although online virtual experiences may improve a consumer's knowledge of a product, the marketing tactic can backfire by creating a false sense of what the product's real capabilities are, says a University of Washington professor of marketing.
In one of the first comprehensive studies of skill-based pay plans, a management researcher at the University of Arkansas found that such plans are more successful and sustainable in manufacturing facilities than in service organizations. The research also revealed that support among supervisors and employees for the innovative plans consistently predicts their success and survival.
Giving a 1 percent raise boosts performance by roughly 2 percent, but offering that same money instead in the form of a bonus for a job well done should improve job performance by almost 20 percent, finds a new Cornell study.
Although in its early stages, the "faith-at-work movement" is beginning to demand serious attention from employers "“ and in some cases pose major workplace challenges "“ concludes a new Executive Action report from The Conference Board. How companies frame their response will determine if the issue becomes a legal minefield or a source of competitive advantage.
The commitment of senior corporate management leadership and personal convictions are the most important drivers in company decisions to strengthen anti-corruption programs, according to a report released today by The Conference Board.
The abusive boss has been well documented in movies ("Nine to Five"), television (Fox's "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss") and even the Internet (http://HateBoss.com). Now, a Florida State University professor and two of his doctoral students in Tallahassee, Fla. have conducted a study that shines some light on the magnitude of the problem and documents its effects on employee health and job performance.
An increase in the stock market's overall performance, like the one that took place in October, can turn inexperienced investors into trade-happy amateurs, according to Brigham Young University business professors in a study published in "The Review of Financial Studies."
Eunkyu Lee, associate professor of marketing, finds that retailers have a broader range of strategies for introducing store brands that go well beyond merely "emulating Tide."
Costas Azariadis, professor of economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, comments on the passing of Milton Friedman, a path-breaking conservative economist who passed away today at age 94.
A University of Washington professor contends that penalties imposed upon public companies that falsify accounting records are miniscule compared with the costs incurred when news of a company's misdeeds spreads and its reputation spoils.
A majority of major companies concerned with corporate responsibility issues acknowledge that they lack an active strategy to develop new business opportunities arising from meeting these citizenship and sustainability needs, according to a report released today by The Conference Board.
Seventy percent of all job seekers reported using newspapers and online ads to look for employment, The Conference Board reported today.
A new study by Northeastern University Professor Walter Carl and John Cass at Backbone Media Inc. examines the conditions and factors that contribute to a successful corporate blog and helps companies decide whether or not they should blog.
Dr. Michele Kacmar, Durr-Fillauer Chair of Business Ethics and professor of management at the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama, and two colleagues, examined the views of 286 randomly selected executives on how they feel about women in executive roles. The current report builds on two earlier surveys, and finds that attitudes have improved but not as much as men think.
New empirical evidence from David Harris, associate professor of accounting in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, sheds light on investor trading around earnings releases. Harris finds that private information held by traders yet unrevealed publicly at the time of earnings announcement (known as private event-period information) results in greater trading volume.
Business schools are the last of the graduate professional schools to enroll an equal number of men and women. The Olin School of Business is pioneering the way for women to increase their numbers in MBA programs thanks to an onslaught of outreach tactics.
Flexible work schedules have been around a long time but the idea of allowing people to work fewer hours in traditional full-time positions at reduced pay and benefits has been met with resistance at many companies. Yet, a Michigan State University says reduced loads may be the next step in arranging customized work schedules for top performing employees.
IEEE Spectrum ranks the world's most valuable patent portfolios.
Marketing executives should add new product features for upgraders and improve existing ones for first-time buyers if they want to sell more products, according to an assistant professor of marketing.
Median total compensation for outside (non-employee) directors of U.S. boards is higher than last year's median in all three major industry sectors covered in The Conference Board's annual study of outside director pay. CEO pay is also higher.
This study, which is being conducted for the fifth time and is a culmination of five years of data, identifies the top 100 woman-led businesses in Massachusetts and includes data from 191 woman-led firms.
According to a new national survey conducted by Northeastern University's School of Technological Entrepreneurship (STE), sixty-two percent of entrepreneurs in the U.S. claim "innate drive" is the number one motivator in starting their own venture.
About 75 percent of companies are actively measuring their "carbon footprint" "“ the range of carbon emissions from their operations, both direct and indirect, according to a report released today from The Conference Board. The report, based on a survey of 92 companies from various industries, looks at how companies are integrating greenhouse gas management into their overall business strategy.
Getting the goods on a thief may not be necessary if a store's interior is designed to deter shoplifting in the first place, a new University of Florida study finds.
A growing number of companies are learning that implementing sustainable business practices isn't just good for the environment---it can also be good for the bottom line, says a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
The danger of firms manipulating Internet-based opinion forums by posting anonymous messages praising their products is the subject of a paper in the Management Insights section of the October issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).
With nearly 2,100 stores in the United States, Mexico and Canada and new stores continuing to open, Home Depot's workforce of more than 350,000 associates grows substantially each year. A challenge for any organization growing that fast is the recruitment, development and retention of able employees and leaders.
Dr. Yasmeen Mohiuddin, professor of economics at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., wasn't at all surprised yesterday when it was announced that Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
A Northeastern University law professor disputes the effectiveness of microlending, which is the basis for Muhammad Yunus' recent Nobel Peace Prize win. Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand of Northeastern's School of Law researches market-oriented strategies for achieving economic self-sufficiency, with a focus on community economic development. She welcomes opportunities to discuss her contrarian views on the subject.
"Empowering leaders" who give employees room to behave independently are often perceived as superior to "directive leaders" who give specific orders. But it's not necessarily so. In fast-moving entrepreneurial fields the directive leadership style can be more effective. So says a study by two management researchers.
The pharmaceutical industry could be wasting more than $50 billion a year in manufacturing expenses"“costs that could translate in to lower prices or greater research and development - according to findings of the largest study ever of pharmaceutical manufacturing and the F.D.A. monitoring policies.
Mentoring can be a powerful tool in introducing employees to an organization's climate and help them progress in their jobs. Eager to retain up-and-coming employees, companies are increasingly recognizing that formal mentoring programs can provide significant benefits for both the employee and the company.
Varied economic indicators produced by The Conference Board are now pointing to slow growth ahead in the U.S., but not a recession, according to an analysis released today by The Conference Board, the global research and business membership organization.
People who have mixed emotions--feeling sad and happy at the same time--are more creative than people who are feeling just happy, sad, or have no emotions at all, according to a new study by the University of Washington.
A study by two professors at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business finds that while no one likes being in a numerical minority, employees are otherwise quite tolerant of the race and sex of their co-workers.
The comparative cost advantage of taking your business to low-wage countries such as China or India, where unit labor costs in manufacturing are 20 percent lower than in the U.S., are often not the bargain they seem when wages are adjusted for low productivity, according to a report released today by The Conference Board.
As the baby boom generation slowly exits the U.S. workplace, a new survey of leaders from a consortium of business research organizations finds the incoming generation sorely lacking in much needed workplace skills"”both basic academic and more advanced "applied" skills, according to a report released today.
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